The Sun. — London, England, 1838-08-06 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF Tan PUBLIC JOURNALS'. What will the Lords do with the amendments of the Coe.mons to the amendments of the Lords in the Irish Municipal Corporetioa Bill ? Let us just look at the course of proceeding hitherto, and then let us consider whet is likely to be the course of proceeding hereafter. First, the Commons determine to reform the abuses of the Irish Corporations, and, moreover, to place, them on a footing which will render them less exclusively Protestant ; and here let us remark, that in Dublin, and some other Cor porations, although Roman Catholics have been so long eligible as members of the Corporation, not one has yet been admitted to its freedom. Next, the Lords declared themselves ready, two years ago, to co operate in the re medy of abuses ; and, in the third.place, a Bill for that purpose was sent up from the Commons. What was the step taken by the Lords upon it ? They thre-x out the Bill, and instead of cc-eperating in the remedy of abuses, • they told the people of Ireland, that they, the people of Ireland, were untit for Corporate institutions; and that the only alternative was, not to reform, but to abolish. This insult was not to be endured, and the people of Ireland resented it in such a manner that every the Lords, " Strong in corruption, o b s tinat e in ill," were obliged to give way. They found not only that Ire land must have Corporations, but that the people all of a sudden were fit for them, and they, in a manner, invited the Commons to send them another Bill, under the pretext that they were at last convinced of the necessity of reme dying the evils of the present system, Another Bill was accordingly prepared, and the utmost care was taken so to qualify the main provisions of it as to adapt it as much as possible to the known views and wishes of the House of Lords. It was thus hoped that asperities on both sides would be softened down, and that a measure might receive the sanction of the whole Leg elature which would accom- Vish some good, and would remote a ftw of the barriers hi therto raised to the admission of Roman Catholics into Irish Corporations: The Bid was p,,s, , ed by the Commons after much di!cussion and sundry parings down at the instance of the Tories of the Lower-Horse, who strove hard to pre serve many of the abuses they were unable to defend. The Lords seemed to consider the corruptions of Corpo rations as a sort of gout in the body politic of Ireland, a healthful disorder : they would not cure the gout of Ireland if they could. Therefore, though externally they thought it expedient to evince a disposition to second the intentions of the Commons, they secretly determined to exert their utmost ineenuity to defeat those intentions. The Bill . - a:ssed by the Gammons was sent up to theta, and they saw at a glance that, s h or t as was th e di s t ance to which it went, it was carried much too far, and really afforded a chance that some gross and deeply-rooted evils would be eradicated—that the misappropriation of Corpo rate funds would be corrected—that charitable trusts would be honesly administered—that Orangeism would be attacked in its strongholds—and, above all, that a few Ro man Catholics might by possibility find their tray into the municipal bodies of Ireland. All this was surely enough in the eyes of Tory Peers to doom the Bill to mutilation, if not to destruc!ion ; and with all imaginable " craft" (a word not very palatcable, according to Sir Robert Peel, but very app!icahle, according to Lord John Russell) they set to work to deprive the measure of some of its most effectual clauses, to insert others which would coun teract such as were allowed to remain, and to make amendments, trifling in appearance but important in their consequences, the general effect of which would be to deprive the Bill of its vigour, and to render it wholly in adequate to the purpose for which it was intended. In this state it was returned to the Commons, with upwards of ninety new clauses, , ts if the Commons ought to be ashamed of having sent it up in so imperfect a shape, and as if they were bound to submit to the dictation of the Lords upon the subject. The Ministerial leader in the Lower House of Parliament, indignantly refused " to bend his neck t o the yoke the Peers would impose," and was prepared, not to " insult the majesty of the House of Lords," but to prove that. the Commons of the United Empire, having deliberately determined upon a certain line of policy, were resolved to adhere to it, rot for the sake of any party tri umph after a party struggle, but because it was best calculated to promote the welfare and happiness of one-third of the subjects of the British Crown. At the same time, on points comparatively indifferent, and on some even of considerable moment, the Commons were still ready to make concession for the purpose, if possible, of securing unani mity and of finally settling a question, the non-settlement•of of which might Le attend:A with the most injurious conse quences, On the all-important point of the francise, Lord John Russell showed a roost conciliatory spirit from the first, and at last his consented to an arrangement which half way meets the wishes of the Lords. Still we have no hope that the Tori-s of the Uppke. Heu;e will see the error of their ways, and co. - ,sent to the all in the shape in which it was returned to there at the confer, r.ce on Satur day. The quesCon is to lyt discussed to-morrow ; but the Lords have taken up s 3 pe7v(tse a notion that thy they art , ect . fled to every :-pecks of concesi•n, and that the Commoas ought to aciespt te:tii th Inkfabiuss what ever they in tl.eir wis lom may please t r bestow 6 4 God gye them wi,(!,:m th et hate it ; aed are fool., iet Jey thi.t ss .iliretvt.l h( ir taicnt," j , titer in tl.e it' in r& - 'cri nee to th Fete I:ary wis dom of the Li-rd-, \\lie ti e Lo-d , ar it:he itaucc they n_•ed that should gi.,e - tln.m a fresh supply helote they can be Ir. wght to consettt even to that moderate portian of Corporation 'forty which thebarn fools of the Commons " used their talent" to prepare. We would indule a r to txinen_vien of a dfferent result, but so e.,nnot, and al.r, %se exclaim, " God dice them wisdom that have it." God mahe tlicFe re mho are on v/s-, by lal era e. If tio! Lerls w;sh the in 0,11, I. •c this country to lie i.. pressc'd wit!: the de_ lived from the existence of their body es at pre:ent corsti toted, they will carefully at (rid all unto cessr.ry To be abT.e to stem pubne op . nio;!, tt [en that option lcax been led astra . .., tlt.cv oug[t Get to ire t!te:r power watt tonly, but reserve it for grct,t ocelsi:rus. 'Fite Lords themselves, wafer the w ; ui 'once of m r I,:te Lord burst, arc the gr,aest enemies of the Lord.—Moraing Ur: wiirie. It h s Lapp; ned, onircquentiy, in these (I,:ys if iv, i:at Of CXtt rn,..1 puzzEn ! : itt first sizlst, awl sth.niingt.y irreton cilable with one an•itlier, hat e all hen a- r 1 lar rrori7eo. I-- a ss,tre i u. pl principle. Ferli,ps in like manner even the irr giihrit'es and variations ero, ruey be 11.u.7(1, upon matere nb4ercation, !cse inrxpli.'alde than a cande.is spec tator would be .ipt it:l:y.44le. We ahi Ilust7..te our moan ing by an exAmgo, sty:; . ; s•e.l to us by la4r Friday's debate in the House ('1 Lord. A Wh'g Ministry introduces in 1834 a measure for the setticnn.nt of Irish tithe, by conversion of it. into ret.4-cliarge, at a great sacrifice of eecles'astical revr nue ; which measuremeasure the trt per House of Parliament, not. then r . p:t ter :o exterlsive a ohnnge, ond ;tat willing to itanose On the pi:Wn certain bur dens connected viii the tl,,!ziils of that particular proposal, decline to enact. That M'nistry l avinr• been cx;o-ll d ffoin office, the same measure, (lusted of its fiscal objections. is proposed by a Couservatile Goverrimenmen•, upon whiA the s lave persons who limlintroduc.ed the oritzi, proprs'tion get: up a tierce and .soecossful rrssfance, I.lyriz down the broad prine:ple, that any such adjustment will be worse then useless, unless accomp.lnied by a provision fur apply ing a part, at leap`, of the Church property to secular t ; And tipsu this principle, as upon a stepping-stone, n mount into office, Ifciag thus reinstated. they pro pose a with two sets of clauses—one coirici!jieg in sub stance with the two former plans fur converting tithe lilt° rent-charge ; the ether proposing to segues!, r, for secular uses, a per7im of the property of the Church. The first of these two sots of clauses being acceptable to all per ties, but the second altogether inadmissible by the friends of the Church, it is pra; - .osed, on the part. of the Conzerva the3, in order to save the first set of ,Eases from being sa crificed n the r, jection of the whole. that the two sets, instead of being included in one B 11, be male the subject of two .distinct Bills, so as to pass the tithe, arrang,-mcnt unanimously, and leave the other ques tion, (of oppropriotion), to Le di:cussed on its own grounds ; arid the rather, because )ert the two subjects are wholly distinct m their natures the one relating only to the mode of collectin g the Church income, the other to the applicatton of that i ncome when collected. Upon this die Whig., who for many years had been declaiming again •t the s} - ,tern of tithe collecti on as t h e source of Ire p, .hen rncril and insist that what the majority 1 , nil f f e rom the oi t.,,e money levied : that cut snch a p the conversion of tith e into nnt aril justly, the maltreat e d multi charge will but irku nee, tildes of irk.nt'. ; that tithe-conversion, therefore, ani vopriation, shall be one and indivisible. Unable, how ever, in 1835 en. in 1836, to force upon the House of Lords or upon the opi,,ion of conscientious England the ilishor,est nt to which this gentle name of " appro priation" is given, and finding - , in 1837, the public indigna tion rising tvury day higher agAnst it, they postpone the luiz_irLus question, on which defeat would have been di s missa% till tle tri I of the Session, and .then the demise of the Crown comes to their T.-chi. A general election having token pl ace , i t b ecomes o b v i ous t h a t the appropria t'n ' itt ''" Ptel bv 111'nisfcrs, will be re;ected by t:o. , new of Commons. A Bill therefore is pre part!J, tr)ose clausos altogether—just such a Bill, in short, as would have p in 1835, if the Ministry had not than misted that the measure was absolutely - That separation which they then rejected as fatalto Ireland,. they eow adopt and make their own, pro testing that the aptrorniation principle is still indeed a very fine thing in the abstract ; but that, practically, the only way to settle Ireland is to do what they turned out a Con servative Government for attempting that ;s, to pass a Ei 1 renvening Tile ;nate rent-el: :erg:nand leave appropr a- tion to take its chance with some mote enlielattned genera- i tion. All this they do against tile protest, real or affected, 1 of that section of th 6 Irish representatives by whose lights i they peefess to be guided in their Iri-h policy,attd who now I assure them that this cot tsculated Bill is a mockery ; and one of their own body, their Secretary at War, proclaims his opinion pretty much in the same strain, and, to the con-, sternetion of his cam:ties in the Cabinet, serves the Irish Church with pub is notice to quit. These are the circum stances which, eitiong superficial observers,haee brought down upon herMajesty'sMinisters the imputation of inconsistency with each other,. and with their own former opinions and pledges ; and prima facie they do seem obnoxious to some such censure. But there were two or three sentences drepped'by Lord Wicklow in the House of Lords during the debate on Friday, which may lead to a more enlarged and accurate view of the Ministerial policy. A Govern ment is consistent or inconsistent as it adheres to or de parts from its OW LI main principle, and we henestly believe that Lord Wicklow did no more than justice to the Whig Ministry, when he gave them credit for having adhered to their main principle with the utmost fidelity. If, as is groudlessly assumed by those who charge inconsistency against them, the main object of the Whigs had been to tranquillize Ireland—in that view we admit that the measures pursued by them would have been a glaring and criminal series of inconsistencies. But if, as Lord Wicklow more accurately puts it, their main object from the first has been to get and keep possession of office, their retention whereof is in their consciences_ the one thing need ful to the well-being of their country—why, then, com mon candour compels us to say that their consistency has been admirable and exemplary—nay, that they hake pre served it at the sacrifice of almost everything in which men of humbler vique are wont to place their pride. They may have proelaimed fundamental doctrines, and upset them—they may have professed immutable principles, and changed them—there may have been startling departures, and revolutions wild and wide, but. the one paramount and simple principle of gravitation to the grrat centre of office, solves all the phenomena, and vindicates the order of the system and the unity of the design. Those readers who take with them this clue to the important debate of the Lords on Friday, the 3d of this month, will peruse it with much instruction. They will know bow to appreciate the men who have introduced the present settlement for Ire land, after treating her alternately as their client and their dupe, their stalking-horse and their victim. If any detailed analysis of their policy be required, it will be found In the speech of that remarkably inconvenient critic, the Lord Brougham and Vaux, who, having once been their colleague, is especially cognizant of their characters and courses. On these points he is, by aoiition, an undeniable authority. So, too, when he pro tests, on behalf of the Dissenters, against the gift of money provided by this Bill in relief of the recusant tithepayers— a compulsory largess, which he describes as being, to as : ser.ters, " a heavy blow and great discouragement." And this, adds he, very pithily, "from a Government who could not exist half an hour without the Dissenters ." Why, then, do Dissenters allow that precarious existence to con tinue? Because they know that the Ministers who have made a savage war, and now a hollow truce, with the Church in Ireland, are the likeliest adventurers to attack the Church in England ; that a Cabinet which cherishes the present Secretary at War bids the fairest to pro duce a statesman who shall work the plough and the steam-engine through the aisles of the Establishment. But the speech of the Learned Lord, we must con fess, is a little unequal. When it descends to the Irish howl of " six millions to one," when it echoes the common O'Connell cry, then all that rational men can find to ad mire is, how it has happened that while Mr. O'Connell and Lord Brougham are of the same opinions upon Irish questions, the one is found supporting the Adminis tration, and the other assailing it ? There is no occasion that we should point out to the attention of intelligent men the masterly speech of Lord Fitzgerald and Vesey, a speech combining a force of argument and a forbearance of tem per, well calculated to make the same impresion on the country which it produced on the House of Lords. As that speech was remarkable for the important matter it con tained, so the speeches of Lord Melbourne and of the only colleague who supported him, Lord Lansdowne, were remarkable for the important matter they omitted. That is to say, in the first place they omitted to afford one syllable by way of answer to the very material and formi dable interrogatory of Lord Mansfield, whether the head of the Government participated in the opinions of the Secretary at War ? And, in the second place, they omitted to furnish any reason for the double course pursued on the subject of the appropria tion, except that Lord Melbourne in his reply, after stoting that he thought advantageous results might have arisen from that principle, was pleased to add, that " still he did net mean to deny the influence of present circumstances, end he thought he might fairly give way to • that influence without any dereliction of opinion." That is the succinct defence of the first Miei,ter of the Clown for . the most incredible abandonment of recorded prieciple that or r was dared by an Administration, first to get office, and then to I ,;ep it' We were for a momertt tempted to re- Wise Lord AL , lb:Atrie's rcniuks in tl'precia ion of Burke ; hitt stontenipt restreies ue. That a nom with the puny ue d. rstatelieg atid desultory liabt-reading of Lord Melbourne sheald presume to speak, except in terms of profound ve -I;,ra:i ,n, of the ri ienty intellect and ;•onipreht n,ive.. views - ef alinund Burke, - does, we confess, stifle our power of ut tcrance, by a sensat ion of us erwhelining disgust.— Times The preseet week wilt, We suppose, bring us to the con elusion of the Irish Corporations end the Irish T.the mei ,,,ur.?.s for th , .• present se: situ. The Irish Poor-ia-v Bill, nonsitltsteirdieg the factious opposition of Mr. O'Connell, is fortunately safe, and, whatever may be the fate of the two farm. r, the e;la,trnent of the latter will be suflieieut to stamp the - general eh sactar of the legislation of the ses sior, so far es Ireland la concerned, with a character de cidedly Con ert atit e. Of t.l e sntlement of the Corpora tion questing during the p:esent year little hope can no be en te teined. It is unite certain that the House of Lor.'.s. is ill steadOtst:y atilere to the well•comidered amendments tat wliiel, tie y It et lit,pc.d to to ton: ile the estctli:ishmet.t ol • noiallar Cor : Arateas in Ircl old with the pe,:..ce, the we:fare, the safety. teed the h.,1 piness t f that couetry. It is alinnit cqua:ly ct vein that Lord John Russell wnl not dare a se core! time to elthet ••.d ! ilr fl ^ r - e•-. :' r.! 1,- ice thz. resert went of the rap::t ail(' Radical is: tons, and that, there fore, he will ajot the Bill alt lealier rather than accept it eith the sa'toary and Cons:Tva•ive tunendmen , s of the 1 - 14,use of Lords. That Lrrd Melbourne, the head of the Administration, nt.ose d the third reading of the Bill in the lictoe of which lie is a Mr lather, aft, r it had received cv, ry one of the amt n Iment s which Mr. O'Connell and his p•-rt y are determinsd to annul, is - true. It is true also that every Mender of the Administration who has a seat in the Ilcuse of Lonis concurred eith the Noble Premier in r - eamding the amendments, ho °toy - r objectionah:e ;In y might deem them or not, el: necessity fatal to ties B:11. But in the preseet day foes like these avail little. What signifies the of inion of Lord Melbourt.e. end Lord Lensrlovrne, and Lord Gle,;e!g. and Lord Cottenhem, and Lord :Tinto, and Lord Duee :men, when expressed in i a norance of what wruld he the final and irrcsiA.,ble di -torn of Mr. °Tot:- nell ? It is tree, morcovr r, that Lerch John Russell, the , 1 Ministerial leader of the House of Commons, and all the . I otl er Ministers who sit in that Assembly, ma:Vested • their unanimous concurrence in the opini .n indicated , so plainly by their Noble Culleitgues in the Upper House, bf imp!o; ing in a conclat e of Weigo Ra deal and Papist Members of' Parii'mo nt (the sc crets of which conclave have not been well kept), the gra cious permission of the Agitator to submit to the Lords' amendments rather than threw out the Bill. But whet sits rifies the opinion of sus i men as Lord John Russell, and Lord Palmerston, and Lord Hoeick, and Mr. Spri:-g Wee, and Mr. Pouktt ThomAm, ;Ind Sir John Cam IN:- lomee, when the Agitator is determined to stand out stoutly' for the interests of agitation ? The voice potential of Mr. O'Connell has pronounced that the existing Corporations of Irelai.d are better than those which would have b. en created by the Ministerial Bill, with the amendthents of the Lords. And, to speak the outh, we are very mu- h of Mr. O'Connell's opinion, although upon somewhat different grounds. The upshot of the matter, however, is, that the Corporation Bill will be prevented by Mr. O'Connell and his party, and wholly by them, from becoming law ; and had they never done any greater mischief than this, we really cannot sett that their offences wo - ald have been almost ther unparloeable. If these gentlemen will -per- ,;st .n a tFI e• th- p-,..50! , t l>,rpor ti,,t - i. ,41 I eI,,A to any tither th::t they c.in t- t, v,e •ay, let them be indulged by all metns. We anal the Con servatives of England consent with all our hearts to the prsservation of the existing Corporations of Ireland. They are bo:',ies to tali, h we think we owe much gratitude. We know of mu , li good that they havc done, and of little evil. Itistitutel for the support of the Protest int ceuse th • e n, el lni ge r o e f t i:i im ei e n s g o s r o end for the protection of the persons and property•of Pro ,Trucculml t t rants, they have been true to the purposes of their crea ' arc still true to those s o t t: m t e l%ir re o g r i u g i i r n e a 0 1 r a l character io,,,th e a ; se not yet needless purposes. We do not pant, therefore, so very carnesq for the d • ' destruction of _ _ the present Ceroorations of lrelard Y as to b, grudge to Mr. O'Connell aed hie steer nt s the privilege of keeping them long as they like. But th ey must tot henceforth-' prt : cid at th::,e Cordorato,is are so conupt, wicked, and ,:-rn:c:ous i - ,s they bare heretofore described them. They , - )r.L tjeally renounce all such extreme opinions, when th e let, none to prefer the press nt Corporati ons to such as the Ministry they k ep ie °Mee would Mate recommended to their Adoption. The measure forthe settler's( nt ofth elrish tithe question promises to be more successful, . for some of the leading Papist egita . ors happen to be the proptietorz of a 1 Port:on, although it be but a small one, of the soil of Ire land ; and in this character they have long we iii o been senFible of the embarrassm en t o f th a t a lt er n a tive to which the law in its present stat e , a d m i n i s t ere d by upright, incor ruptible, and fearless j u d ge: , b a d re d uce d th em , o f losing in w purse by resistit.g the payments due to the Protestant c'ergy, or of losing iii rabble popularity by yielding them. The anti-tithe war had become a king gone to all the paternity of the O'Connell's and the Sheila—thanks to the stern integrity and the dauntless resolution of the Irish Court of Exchequer, with its efficacious writs of rebellion. It was very well to stimulate the peasantry to withstand the payment 'of legal claims at the hazard of bloodshed, and the payment sacrifice of life ; it was very well for per sons calling themselves gentlemen to resort fer a time, even at the risk of some pecuniary loss, and by all the means which legal chicanery could • supply, the pay ment of debts as just as any other that they could owe ; it seas very well to harangue upon the principle of appropria tion so long as any hope could be entertained of their get t:ng the thin side of the wedge inserted in the solid struc ture of the Established Church, and especially .when this pinciple was capable of being employed as a bond of union with a set of English politicians as profligate as they are feeble, from whom after their accession to office a large share of the patronage and the whole executive power of the Irish Government might be extorted by the demagogues of Popery and sedition. All this was well enough so long as it could be made to last ; but when it was found that the deluded peasantry would only shed blood in resistance to tithes so loug as the dema;ogue gentry would disburse pence in the same desperateand raciou 3 cause ; when it was found that the Judges of Ireland were inaccessible alike to ca jolery and intimidation, and that the laws of Ireland in their hands were capable of sustaining the rights of pro perty ; when, above all, it was found that the Noble Peer age of England, in unison with the general determination of the Britisa people, would for ever spurn the atrocious principle of Church property ; from that moment the com position of tithe became an object of anxious desire to the Papist enemies of the Church of Ireland, and ceased to be an object of peculier solicitude to her friends. We believe, on these grounds, that the amendments made by the House of Lords in the Irish Tithe Bill now before their Lordships will not experience any very determined resistance on the part of her Majesty's - Ministers, or of the Papist demagogues whom they serve and obey. But let the latter do their worst. The anti-tithe war hav ing been effectually put down by the vigorous though tardy assertion of the 1 ins, the Protestant clergy of Ireland have little to fear from the present state of the law, and little to hope from any alteration it can at present undergo. Should the ques-ion not be settled now, the friends of the Church of Ireland may wait without impa tience, and without dismay, for a more advantageous oppor tunity of settling it. In reference to both the great Irish questions now before Parliament, and, indeed, to every other political question, it should always be recollected that the Irish Poor-law already passed, by establishing a definite test of the value of occupations, guarantees a rapid im provement in the Parliamentary constituency and represen tation of Ireland.—Morning Post. We were not far mistaken when we some time ago described the temporising and surrendering policy of the Parliamentary Conservatives as "compromise that would bring no peace, and concession that would excite no grati tude." Sir Robert Peel having set the example of a com promise of principle in the House of Commons, and being followed in the Lords by the Duke of Wellington, Lord Lyndhurst, and other leaders of the Conservative party, who, during the reign of the late lamented William IV., had, as a matter of vital policy, resisted the establishment of the normal schools of political agitation on any terms, what is now their reward ? The taunts, and sneers, and j revilings of Lord John Russell, for having come down from the high ground of principle, and, contrary to their repeated declarations of no surrender, offered timid terms of capitula tion to the O'Connellitc faction, and that, too, at a moment when that faction, along with the Whin- Ministers, who pur chased their support by the betrayal of Protestant interests, were rapidly sinking to their proper level in the estimation of the wholecountry. The "compromise" has served to puffsotne fresh gas into the fast collapsing balloon of Whig power, and set it afloat again. How long, even - with such aid, it will remain buoyant is another question. That it will live j through the Session now appears to be certain. The next . half year's salaries, therei.Ore, of our Ministerial showmen are secure, and the consciousness of this security for so long a period is probably what gave Lord John Russell I spirit and confidence enough to vent a weak dilution of the O'Connell venom upon the heads of the Coaservetite and coneessiono/ Lords who, to propritiate the smallest of all possible statesmen and their burley master, h a d s h own more willingness to accommodate, by a sacrifice of national inte rests, the Popish party, than was consistent with their former profess'ons as Conservative politicians, and their duty as guardians of our Protestant Constitution. W e denounced this ill-advised and ill-fated compromise from the begioning. It has lowered the moral strength —it bits in sortie degree weakened the polhieal unity —of the Conservative body, and, instead of smooth ing down the intolerant hostility of political Romaeism towards the Protestant Churc:l, it has crreb rlden , d the factiea that f eds and th:ives upon the distraction and m i s ery of the Irish pc oale e to make m insolent dente:els end back them by feeccr agitation that ever. The rase-. :utions lately pissed -at some of the " great anti-tithe meetings," a; they are called, avow the total abolition of to i.e ton!y pursued as a step towards the grand work which now, with the help or Conservative concession, the egitators hope to see accomplished—the utter subversion of tire Protestant Edeblislonent. It is true that when Lord John Russell taunts the Conservative Lords for the ir change of opinion, and th ir concevsiotis consequent upon Ow. change, .Sir Robert Peel is able to cast in the teeth of the pendent ll , ttne Secretary still more strikieg and discreditable cu takes of onini in on his own pa: t, and those of other leaders of the WhinoPopish faction. Besides the " eternal) , indispensab e" asal new-. disearded " :P" - pri.tioa prineple," attesting as it dues by its presence on the Journals, and its absence frem the Ministeriel Tithe tl e fncility with tvltich Lord John cart put on and put off an " eter. a 1 pr:ne'p!e," he might have reminded the pu y of, his former deft nee and subsequent de ntracireian of ti.e rotten bo:oughs. Ile might have, IT- Lord Jahn ethe time 1011'n he ridiculed the Enn -. l'sh p fe- like the si:epleton in the Arebian 4 . )e r xe , t e the " old l am p s f or nets ," t h oug h h e him 1, , v assis:ed to tl eye: ailthe old lames eta of the window, and indignantly denounced every body who did not say the " new were better." But what avails this la plaque . argument when th e quest i on is respecting the pre servation or betrayal of great principles? What avails it to throw in the face of O'Connell his grossly inconsistent conduct iu rrgard to a Poor Law for Ireland; or any other of his inconsster.c:es? If Sir Robert Peel had reminded the bhistering " postponer of truth to the purposes of the moment," that he once courted, cringed to, and flat tered the Orangemen of Ireland, and even drank in Boyne water the " glorious, pious, and immortal memory,' to induce loyel Protestants to join with him in demanding a repeal of the Ueion, and when they spurred his seditious advances, turned upon them and became their tirulent and indefAtigable persecutor—if, we say, Sir Robert Peel had told O'Connell ell this, and a great deal more it hied, he might have told him, showing his utter contempt for any opinion or principle which interferes with the immediate object of his selfish ambition, what then ? Can the exam ples of inconsistency, treachery, and tergiversation by O'Connell or the Whig Ministers be pleaded in excuse of indefens:ble changes of opinion rand violations, of otio• civic by the Co: servative party ? Surely such a de fence of Conservatism is worse than none. Batter to let judgment go by default than to make a defence which is grounded upon the criminality of others, and which is, in itself, the severest condemnation of those who use it. Tire practice of" dry nursing" the Queen's Mini st,,rs, which his been carried to such an inordinate extent by the Conservative leaders in both [leases of Parlia ment during the pre s ent sess i on , must b e g i ven up, or the s nr sts N o o f t tine only c a e r t e m r u y r tittisyti.tnsh domestic a e leftnes t r s l in e the ender b Conservatives, the grossest violations of duty b y our incapable Ministers oru, character, in stitutions r n o i s n o i s a t i e e r t s i tric s ag t o a t o n u al ly d rfi r' e . f g e n n de re d ' a b . io c onsequence of this miserable syste m . c f " dry nurs'ing" and " comprom , se," wh ieh o f t htohse on e o g h h t t r e a , c h teer, h a e n andunyi of unyielding protectorthe country have chosen to .pursue. This weak, this deprees.ng, this fatal policy Must be an ar k ne d , or every institution of the country will ba surrendered one after another, until it will live nothing worth preserving. Torn o pieces by thy encouraged and rewarded artifi cers of sedition at flame, and preyed on by the invited aegres sions of foreign powers, this great, this 'once mighty em pire will become a wreck upon the waters, and the na tions that used to tremble at its power w:11 be laden with its spoils a n- Morning Herald. LORD-LIEUTENANT OF BENFREWSIIIIIF.,--I t is now undo-stood that Mr. Speirs, of EWersiie, ALP., will receive the Appointment, and that his cflicial announcement; , as Lord-Lieutenant of Renfrewshire, may be daily exp. cled.—Glasgoze Courier. A VF.TERAN LAROURER.--All old labo urer, nmnecl George Rigg, aged 82, with his son and some other l abourers, most of whom were young men, undar,ook the cutting of five acres o f grass b long.ng to Mr. Henry Mo r eton; the cro p p roved so v ery heavy and difficult to cut, that some of the me n g ave u p the first hour ; With the rear, the. old man Lok and kept the teal, and serm:d the least wearied of the party. Towards the t lose of their labours, some of th e juniors complained of the hard job they 11,:,d undertaken aid accom, ,fislied, when tne veteran exclaimer,'` Gee ban;, you are soft oncs ; Pee seen t'day when I mid ',/:? mown this thropel like winkin."—y er k Courant. Last Thursday night, some of the prowlers that .1().v infc..t tfie ne . glibowhood of Nottingham, being driver out of the town by the activity of the p,lico, paid a visit to Carlton, whence the} stole a fine large goose. If intended for their pa r t ic utar eating, the knaves would doubtless be disappointed, as their b)oty was a very vener able old gandcr.—Nottinghant Review. IMPERIAL PA RLIAMEN T HOUSE OF LVRDS, Aucusr 4. The Royal Assent was given by Commission to the Tithts and Land Illt.•rer Bill, the Prisons (West Irniies) Bill, the Conveyances -of Estates Bill, the Local Commissioners Re ref Biil, the Turnpike Acts Continuance Bill, the Gibraltar Lighthouse Bill, the Arms and Gunpowder (Ireland) Bill, the Turnpike Acts Continuance (Ireland) Bill, the Dublin Police Bill, and the Entails (Scotland) Bill. The Commissioners were the Loan CHANCELLOR, the Earl Of SHAFTESBURY, and Lord GLENELG. The Custody of Insane Persons Biil was read a third time and passed. The Liverpool Clergy Endowment Bill was also real a third time and passed. A Message from the Commons was brought up by Lord MORPETH and Others, desiring a Conference on the subject of the Amendments made by their Lordships to the Municipal Corporation (Ireland) Bill. A conference was appointed to take place immediately in the Committee.roo.n, No. 5. The Peers named were the Earl of Sh a f tes b ury, L nr d E ldon, L or I H u ldi ng t on , th o Bishop o f Hereford, Lord Foley, Lord Gardner', and Lord Lismore. On their return the Earl of Shaftesbury brou:,ht up the reasons of the Commons for disagreeing to their Lord ships' amendments—which were ordered to be taken into consideration on Tuesday. TITHES'(IrIELAND) BILL. The Report on the Irish Tithe Bill was brought up by the Earl of Shaftesbury, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time on Monday. On the motion of Lord BROUGHAM the Copyright Bill went through Committee, and was ordered to be read a third time on Monday. On the motion of Lord PLUNKET.the County Clare Treasurers'• Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Monday. Lord FITZGERALD presented a petition from an indi vidual, suggesting an improvement in the mode of collecting the Grand Jury Cess in Ireland. The Earl of CHICHESTER presented a petition from Greenock, against the Parliamentary Burghs (Scotland) Bill : and a petition from the Glasgow, Greenock, and Paisley Rail way Company, against the Mails by Railway Bill. Their Lordships then adjourned until Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Auausr 4. The SPEAKER took the chair at twenty minutes before Four o'Clock. HACKNEY CARRIAGES. Sir M. WOOD moved the third reading of the Lords' amendments to the Hackney Carriages' Bill. Mr. HAWES objected to the motion, as he was desirous that the amendments should be printed. The SPEAKER thought that Honourable Members should take the trouble of reading amendments before they moved their printing. Mr. HAWES said he had not had an opportunity of doing so, inasmuch as he had not seen the amendments. Sir M. WOOD wished to know whether it was the Bill, or the Lords' amendments, that the constituents of the Hon. Member objected to. Mr. HAWE S said, the amendments. The consideration of the amendments were then postponed. Lord MORPETH brought up the Report of the Com mittee on the valuation of Lands (Ireland) Bill. On the motion of Mr. POULETT THOMSON the Affirmations Bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. BERNAL brought up the Report of the Committee on the Bank of Ireland Repayment Bill. PENSIONS. Mr. BERNAL brought up the Report of the Committee on the Pensions Bill. Mr. O'CONNEL L gave notice that on the third reading he should bring up.a clause to restrain, during the Fre time of the Marquis of Westmeath, the payment of the pension to the Marchioness. ROYAL ASSENT. Mr. Pulman, Deputy Usher of the Black Rod, appeared at the table, and summoned the House of Commons to the House of Loids to hear the Royal Assent given by Commis sion to several Bills. The SPEAKER, accompanied by most of the Members pre sent, thou, left the House. The SPEAKER, on his return, announced that - several Bills bad received the Royal Assent. Lord MORPETII appeared at the Bar with the Report of the Se:ect Committee appointed to draw up reasons for disagree in, to the Lords' Amendments to the Irish Municipal Corpo ration Bill. The following Members then left the House to demand a Conference with the Lords :—Lord Morpeth, Mr. R. Steuart, Mr. Thornely, and others. The Slave Trade Treaties Bill was read a second time. DUCHY OF CORNWALL (TIN ,DUTIES) BILL. On the Order of the Day for the Report on this Bill, Me. HUME obje c t e d t o t h e Bill, w hi c h h e characterised as most extraordinary. A resolution had been secretly intro. duced at midnight to take 22.0001. from .the Consolidated Fund, to put into the pockets of the persons who held the in come of the Duchy of Cornwall, and to relieve the owners of tin mines of the duty they had hitherto paid.. He ( Mr. H.) did not object to her Majesty making an abatement of this duty. Lord AIORPETEI here appeared at the- IN:r, and reported that their Lordships had agreed to the Conference which was appointed to take place in Committee Room No. 5. On the return of the Conference, Lori M OR PETH•sta'ed that the Conference, on the part of the Lords, was managed by the Earl of Shaftesbury, that he had, on behalf of the Commons, left the Bill, and the rea• sons far dissenting to certain amendments of their Lordships, with their Lordships. Mr. HUME then resumed—He was very glad that the Chancellor of the Exchequer was now in his place, because he would now repeat what he had said before, that the pre sent Bill was one of the most disgraceful proceedings that had ever taken piece in that House. Early in the Session he had taken an objection to the Duchies of ..":ortiwell and Lancaster Icing attached to the Civil List. The Right Honourable Gentleman had said he would bring in a Bill to regulate them ; he had never done so, and it was not till after twelve o'clock last night when resolutions were gone into with respect t o t h e t i n duties. The revenues of the Duchies of Co:nwall and L ancaster f rom June, 1837, to June, 1838, were 28,466/. • the expenses 1 1 ,000/., being an expense of tip wir. ( 18 of 30 per cent. towards the collection of the revet:ue. Of those revcicea 19,6791. was what was called the tin duties, which were fifteen shillings a ton. be ab9l It then p rov id ed that the duties on the coinage of tin should 'slaol, and in lieu of these duties now payable by ihe proprieters to her Majesty as Duke of Cornwall —( A laugh) —that th e amount of these duties, 19,6791., should be clisrged upon the Consolidated Fund But that was not all ; the Commissioners of her ;Majesty's Treasury were authorized to ply the offi,ers for any loss sustained by the abohtion of these duties. The salaries arid aneu:ties amounted to 5,300/. •for the last half yeer. Why, the Act WM as black as the mid liner i t tehich it curs brought in. —(Hear, hear, and laughter.) He never klicie of a%;,* Sc, a'r'cs in the anna l s of the proceedings of that House.—(llcar. ) if the Chancellor of the' Exchequer had not broken his word to the House, and to him, was there any man living who would not have moved for a Committee to inquire into the circum stances This was an attempt to intet fere with the public monies nithout the notice, and he should move that the report be read this day three month:. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that however he might be induced by the conduct and the example of the El on . G entleman to indulge in language as strong as that whi c h h e h ad felt himself justifisd in using, he k ne w t oo well the r es p ect wh i ch he owed to the House and to the usages and feelin gs o f gentlemanly society to pursue the course the Hon. Gentleman had, which only proved that which had been long known, !lamely that there was an entire want of sensibility on the pa! t of the ilon. Member, with respect to lane uage to be em plc)) ed or attacks to be made. Even if he were to condescend to follow his example he doUbted whether he should produce any salutary effect. —( Hear.) He would, therefore, simply confine himself to a true statement of the facts of the case, and he was willing to constitute Hon. Members his jury. If they acquitted the lion. Member and condemned him, that acquital 'would only arise from their Icing _able to . trace to th e H onoura bl e Member such an absence of all memory and recollection as would protect him from the imputation of falsehood, but would leave him open to the imputation of the most unparalleled and inexcusable igno- Hear, hear.) H e wis h e d to ca ll t h e attent i on,o f t h e r i l a n a c s e e . principle on w hi c h t hi s R eso l ut i on was f oun d e d . The immur e was n e i t h er un j ust to t h e pu bli c , nor one which the House had any right to complain of.—( Hear.) A few months ago , a public meeting had been held in Cornwall, from which a petition hal been sent to that House, complain ing of the grievance of the present tin duties in Cornwall, and pray ing th might be abolished and comp ensa ti on grante d to the Crown for the net amount they produced. The Bill had b een introduced in conformity with the prayer of that petition, O n To ( the the first discussion with regard to the Civil List, this proposi tion bad been mentioned and the Government had secured great adva; tsge to the public by reducing the duties en tin, which were now prohibitory. Was it just, therefore, to represent the Govern ment as having on this occasion taken the House by surprise, ill bringing forward a plan which had been so long ago promised? He should like to ask the Hon. Gentleman whether he con ceived the consumer had no interest in the matter, or fiat the public dill not consider these duties as a weight upon them ? The Hon. Memberhad stated that he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) had said he was ready to lay the particulars of the revenues of these Duchies before the House. Now, what was it he really did state ? Why, be had said that with respect to the revenues received since the accession of her present Majesty, he would give a most accurate statement of the receipts and disbursements of the-Duchies; but that he would not, and could not, consistently with his duty, give them before that period, because they were then the private property of his late M a j es ty. H e would refer to al who had better memories than the Honourable Member, whether what he had stated was not correct. The present account contained the full particulars of all the revenues that had been received from the Duchies since the com m e n cement of her n. present Majesty's reign. - He would put, it to the House whe ther, it was right, under such circumstances, the Hon • • Member should charge him in the manner he had done. The Hon. Member had dealt with the case as if it was the first of compensation that had taken place, whereas the' very prin. ciple had been acted upon repeatedly by Parliament. The }W. Gentleman insinuated that her Majesty's Govern ment wore taking away the property of one class of the com munity to meet the defalcation of another, which could be termed nothing but robbery. He denied the accuracy of that as well as every other statement of the lion. Gentleman. Did he forget that a Bill had passed for the improvement of the administration of justice in Cornwall, one h a lf o f th e ex. penses of which were to be defrayed out of the revenues of the Crown ? The salaries of the persons connect ait h the tin duties did not amount to more than 3,0001. a year, instead of 12,000/ ,as asserted by the Hun. Member. Did the Hon- Gentlemal think that a public officer should be held up to public odium, so far as his small powers went, for having complied with the prayer of a large and influential community? It so, he was much mistaken, and he trusted the House would give him en dit for having discharged his duty in the most strai2htforward manner.—( Hear.) Sir C. LEMON thought the Chancellor of the Exchequer had defended himself perfectly from the attack of the Hon. Member for Kilkenny. The Cornish Members wished for no concealment, and Lad made none. Lord ELIOT begged to corroborate, as far as his know ledge went, the statement made by the Chancellor of the Ex chequer. The Noble Lord concluded, by expressing his re gret at the necessarily tardy introduction of th:s measure. Sir H. VIVIAN was sorry that .the Hon. Member should have applied the term " disgraceful" to this Bill, which he ( Sir H. Vivian) considered was most just and proper. The amount of the pfesent duty on tin was not so much the griev ance complained of as the vexatious and incontenient proceed ings which were connected with it. Lord G. SOMERSET said that although it was his inten tion to support the resolution in the present stage, he should be sorry to do so on the principle set fcrth by the Rieht lion. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer. He would not follow the Right Honourable Gentleman who had spoken last, because it v:as his intention in a future stage to propose the reduction of the duty. He would support the re solution because he felt convinced that it would never be adopted in any other reign,. If he had been the responsible adviser of - the Crown, he would have given his assent to the propo sition. He thought it wrong, to take from the Crown and place on the Consolidated Fund the hereditary revenues of the country. Mr. POULETT THOMSON entirely agreed with the Nob!e Lord that they were justified in making the transfer, solely because they had no hope of reducing the duties on tin without resorting to some arrangement of that sort. Mr. HUSIE begged to deny the accuracy of the statement made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. He would take the sense of the House upon the question. Strangers were then ordeiel to withdraw, but ran division took place,' Mr. flume having withdrawn his amendment. The Report on the Pensions Bill was received. The Report on Ways and Means was received. A short discussion took place relative to the Lords' amend ments to the Hackney Carriages Metropolis Bill, which Al derman Sir M. Wood was anxious to bring on. The Bill was subsequently postponed till Monday. Lord SAN DON called the attention of the House to the claims of certain merchants and tradesmen of Liverp - ml on the Post-office, in respect of work done for that establishment. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would consent to the production of the papers moved for. At the same time he begged to state that the representations of the Noble Lord were not entirely accurate. During the speeches both of Lord Sandon and the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, there were but tight Members present; two on the Opposition and six on the Ministerial benches. After a few words from Lord SANDON, the motion was agreed to, and the House then adjourned. The ,Bishop of London was on Thursday night enabled to resume his duties in the House of Lords. The Right Rev. Prelate appeared to be remarkably well, and not to have the least re. mains of indisposition in consequence of his late accident. POTATOES AND TURNlPS.—Between the Nith and the Dee there is a constant alternation of healthy and diseased po tatoes. In some fields there is a striking want of plants, while in others where there is an appearance of, or rather an apology for, vegetation, the stems are so spindly and sickly looking, that the return at root can. not be great. After all that has been said and written on the subject of taint its cause and cure are involved in as much mystery as ever. That mischief had been occasioned by a series of open winters was at one time a very general opinion, but this theory we ourselves upset, by proclaim ing, on the authority of Mr. Jardine of Miramichi, that matters up to last year were the same in Nova Scotia, where snow covers the earth, and frost imprisons the streams, four months out of the twelve, and where the people can predicate, within a day or two, when the great rivers will open and shut. Of potatoe vegetation abroad this year we have no accounts; but is it not strange, that the scourge which has sited Scotland, should have entirely excluded England, and we believe also Ireland, from its range? Dr. Singer, of Kirkpatrick-Juxta recom mends planting the potatoe whole, and there can be'no doubt that this precaution frequently does good. But it is not a specific against disease, and we could ourselves enumerate a multitude of cases in which entire tubers not only failed, but were slower in vegetating than such sets as resisted the attacks of vermin, while others yielded, simply from predis position to taint. Last year the potatoe crop was planted very early, and throve so well that cultivators, from thinking the evil at an end, re. vetted too generally to the olden system. This is to be regretted, and, in the present imperfect state of our knowledge, the best advice we can give the public is to plant in the end of March or beginning of April rather than the beginning or middle of May. But bad as the potatoes confessedly are, the farmers complain more of the turnips._ Both roots require lots of solar heat; to this advantage they have been strangers as yet, and hence the fear which has so generally arisen, that the season for growth will be over before the bulbs attain a fractional part of their usual size. Many thousand sheep wire bought at Inverness, and the first Falkirk is not distant; but how they are to be fed in any thing like the usual manner is a question easier asked than answered.—Dion. fries courier. CHARGE OF RAPE.—At the Cornwall Assizes a painfully interesting case of this nature occupied neatly the whole of Tuesday in investigation. The prisoner was a young ruiner, about. 2' I , lodging at the house of Pei ar. On the 1 Ith of April last, Pedlar and his two daughters, Charlotte and Amelia, and the prisoner, walked to Bodmin, to attend a methodist missionary meeting. They arrived at Bodmin about three o'clrck, and took refreshment in food and liquor at the Garland Ox public house, after which they attended the meeting, Lily still keciang close to the object of his passion, Charlotte Pedlar. After meeting they went to another public-house and refreshed them selves. They attenee ! the evening meeting, and again visited the Gar. land Ox, after which they left between ten and eleven o'clock for With. iel. Lily, who remained behind to light his pipe, overtook the family party by the turnpike, and took the arm of Charlotte, when the fathr r and Amelia walked on at a brisk pace, and were soon out of sight of them. They psoceeded "arming," to Mulberry Downs, and there, about three miles from Bodmin, the off, - nce complained of took place. Lily seated himself, and complained of being tired. He that pulled the young girl into his lap, and, amid struggles and faintings, effected his base purpose. The chief evidence in this case was, ofcourse, the un happy sutTerer. We never witnessed a more distressing examina! ion than that of this unfortunate young girl. She was about 16 years old, and hAited in the plain dress of the strictest sect of methodism, It was with extreme difficulty any intelligible utterance could be obtained from her; and her evidence 'was suspended by several fainting fits —in one of which she was removed out of court for nearly three quarters of an hour. She was afterwards unct. r medical attendance far the re mainder of her examination. Some important facts, in defence of the praioncr, were e:icited on cross-examination. She admitted that Lily had been " kind" to her before, and that he had joked her about mar rine; that he proposed marriage both before and after the unhappy circumstance; that he had shared his meals with her, and had d. posited his earnings in her charge. It was urged, in criminal:ion of the prisoner, as if ;villein a planned attack on the virtue of the girl, that ha paid fu: ad she took at the inns. Mr. Moody, in addres.ing the jury for the pri. soner, said that this was far f:o:n a eases f the capital character alleged, but was merely one &it'll:me too freqaeat easee, in which the al.nost ba trothed female too soon permits " the List lit.erty." The Jury returaea a verdict of " Nut guilty."— Western Times. EMPERANCE AND Cit E.—ln a charge to the Grand Jui y at the Carmarthen Ass zes last reported in the Shreulbury Chronicle, Sir John Gurney observed there were two pri_ sJoers had comm 7 ;tea on the Cooner's warrant for man slaughter. It app,ared horn the depositions that death had L.7.i); c-n d in both cases suddenly, aLd ,under circumstances which showed t,n ab sence of malice. Those, and almost other cases yf manslaughter, arose frcm cxressive drinking; and in the course of his txpericnee in criminal judicature, he.was contiraled in the opinion that nearly every crime was cit.: or or:gi, , ally or immediately attributable to the prevalent vice of dronkenwss—the sul:pre: , sion of which would lead to a consider able diminution of crime. FATAL ACCIDENT.—It is our painful duty to r:cord n event of a most appalling nature, which occurrA at Flint, on Friday Lst, whereby one individual was cl..piived of her life. It ap p ars that a party, consisting of Mr. sod Mrs. Doinville and young d ught2r, arch:to tof Liverpool, with Mrs. I).' rn , ,thet, were r e!urning is a gig, and .10st giving the horse meal and wet. r at the Raven Tz.vern, in Flint the ostler, with the blameable practice which is too commonly used, took off the bridle; when he horse, imoicdiately finding himself at liberty, ran violently up the str:er, and in 'oak ng a turn, one of the shafts broke, and the t no females aml child were thrown with great force on the road, Mr. I). having previously al ghtcd. The con. sequence of this sad disaster is, that Mrs. D 's mother, whose skull was dreadfury fractured, died on Sunday last, and Mrs. D with her child now lie dangerously ill.—Manchester Guardian. , - About ten o'clock Thursdly night, the body of a tra name unknown, was discove•44 d by two w Mermen, near Waterloo Bridge, drifting vp with the tide; it app2ared to have been in the watcr for about a fortnigM. The de: eased is described as having been a short, thick-set man, dressed in caneat trows:rs, and check shirt, with shot sleeves, without any coat or jacket, and wearing shoes laced up in front. The body was taken to St. Martin's Workhouse, to await a Coroner's Inquest. _ --- A very singular circumstance took place at.lrwine few days ago, and exhibited an instance of a providential escape. In a house in fli,;11-street, a child, about 17 months of I, was standing beside its mother on an elevated position at one of the windows in the third story, when, in making an attempt to look over into the street, it fell to the ground, from a height at !east 20 feet. The persons who ran to the spot expected to find it a 'Vetoes corpse; but, strange to relate, after a few seconds, he recovered so far from the shock, that weeping, and signs of a hurt on the one side, were all the injuries su,tained, and the little sufferer is now in tolerably good health —Scotsman. A letter from Naples, of the I 7th ult., quoted by the Franconian Mercury, mentions an accident which might have brought on a premature accouchement of the Queen, but which, for t u nately, has not been attended with any unple asant consequences. I; a pp e ars that, a few days previously, the Ki ng, w h o, i n his habit of dritinga phaeton himself, was taking an airing with the Queen, on the road f rom Capo di Monte, when suddenly the horses became unmanageable, and the King jumped out for the purpose of stopping the ened the Queen that she fainted away, and was forced h to be so etak 1 .. I. l "g ba h e t k to Capo di Monte. Here her Majesty was bled, and a premature birth was momentarily expected. Orders were immediately give.: to the forts and batteries to be i n rea di ness to fire re usual salutes, and the staff officers were summoned to repair to Capo di Monte. The Queen, how ever, recovered from h er a l arm, and a few days afterwards ' was well enough to assist a t th e f ete of the Madonna del C:lmine ' . LIE CORN CROPS.--An extensive inquiry in the Principality of NVales, and around thi s coun ty, ena bl es us to state that on good land, we ll cultivated, and in good aspects, wheat is a fair crop; barley a good crop everywhere upon " barley-!and." on the sea-coasts of Aberystwith, Aberdovy, Towyn, Barmouth, Carnarvon, &c , the grain is rapidly ripening; but down the Wand values from the sea, th 2 harvest will be very late: in some parts, the grain will not to ripened this year : among the hills, wheat and barley are not yet in " the ear." In Shrop shire the wheat looks well, and perhaps will measure better It the barn floor than in any other county, but it will k 2 a greatly dzficint crop. Among the low lands, such as 1..140010, &c., the wheat-grub is destroying the crops; this will be found to prevail in many places ; the plants look healthy, but on examination, disease wia be found by the farmer, which will lessen his produce. - A general opinion is that the ports will be opened for foreign corn. The best information we can gather from corn merchants and others appears in another co'umn.— Shrewsbury Chronicle. One of those persons denominated Mutt rs, " hold ing forth" in the neighbourhood of Mailborough a f.nv days since, ob served that it was just as easy for a rich man to ente: the Kingdom of Heaven, as it w as for a co v to climb up brio a great WO tree, and aye in a rook's nest. COWES.---ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROYAL YACHT CLUB SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. AUGUST 9..—Arrived the Char!ot:e B ig, 2(15 tons, Lieut Col. Hon. B. F. Grevilie., from Portsmouth for quAxe; she grounded on the I:ran - oles, heaving down in thick weather at II p.m. on the lit, but got efiwithout reccir•ing any diiMalY,t. SAILED, JULY 129, 5 e Kestril Cutter, Commodore Earl of Yarborough, 00 a cruise to the Westward; fresh breeze, W.N.W. 30th, the Aurora Cutter, Sir James Copley, Bart., for Cork and the Coast of Scotia:l , l ; fresh breeze, W. N. W. YLCIAs AT AND ABOUT THE STATION Schooners—Merlin, Nat riet, Royalist, Wandcrcr, t ri, Dolphin, and Norua. Cutters—Pearl, Vampire, Alarm, Lord Ef the Isles, Hebe, EmeraA Elizabeth, Breeze, Turk, Psyche, Albatross, Naiad, Sapphire, Aurora, Su:tan3, Union, Corsair, Tiner;se, Guilin, Ann, Blue Eked Maid, and Medcra. Commodore, the Eati of Yarborough, was in Yarmouth Roads on the 2. lst ult. Amongst the latest arrivals to this town, are Lord Corry and family, .0 AlbiGn House ; Lady Wilton, to White Rose Cottage; Lord Sandwich, to /lo3cmount ; Lord Norreys to Beath Villa; Spencer de Hor sey, Esq., to Castle House; Col. Montague, to Cest:e Terrace; Mrs. Clements, to ditto; S. Ricardo, Esq., to Claremont House; Capt. Inge. to Rose Lodge; G. W. Walker, Esq., to Bellevue House; Lord A. Fitzelarence to Oakhill House. Lord Chesterfield is repotted to have taken Debourn Lodge.. The Marquis of Anglesey, W. Hanham, Esq., Lord A. Fitzclat epee, and numerous others have left for Goodwood races. Mr. Kean is making a tour of the island. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON REGATTA—Cowes, 1838. On Monday, August 13th, Pilot Boats belonging to the Isle of Wight and the county of Hants ; the first vessel winning 201., and the second vessel 51. On Tuesday, Aug. 14, the members will have their annual dinner at the R.Y.S.. House. On Wednesday, Aug. 15, yachts beonging to the squadron under 40 tons, for a cup value 501. On Thurs , lay, Aug. 16, vessels belonging to the Isle of Wight and county of Hants, not exceeding 20 tons measurement) 12/. to the winning vessel, and 31. to the second. Her Majesty's Cup, va'ue 100 guineas, to be sailed for on Friday the i 7th Aug. by yachts of any size belonging to the squadron. Three mi nutes allowed for every 10 tons. Boat Racing the same day. Fireworks in the evening. On Monday, Aug. 20, square rigged yachts belonging to the squadron for a Cur, of 501. ; and in the evening the Annual Royal Yacht S iva dron Ball. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(SATURDAY). PA ats, Atm. 2.—The Industrie, Beranger, arrived at Havre, from d f:oupe, reports—That on the 25th June, the day of her sailing, a three masted vessel, struck on Martinique Quay, near the town of Goyave, at half-past six in the morning; she had her mizen topmast apparently fresh painted and well scrubbed, with head to the north, and broadside to the wind, sails clewed up, and ensign awaft, and must have suffered much ; the sea was high, and it had been squally during the nig'st. The same day at noon, saw the General Foy, three-mastcd vessel, to the leeward of Gualaloupe, bearing up for the windward passage. Lll ERPOOL—Arrived the Davina, rand; from Riga; Ludwig, Wilhelm from ditto. GRIMSBY, AUG. 2.—Arrivel the Caronna Willie!mina, from Revd; Bier, Strey, from Memel; Juno, Buckland, from Wyburg, CLYDE, AUG. I.—Mrived the lanes, He.iderson, from Oporto. AT; Auo. I.—Arrived the l'rincess Victoria, from Quebec. The Great Western steancr was spoken with 25th July, in lat. 49. lon. 23. 15., at seven p.m , by the Narraganset, arrived at Liverpool. The Thomas Leach, trim Monte Video, was got off last night with out injury, and docked. The Rebecca, Stevens, from Sligo, put into Lemdorde:ry in distrm, bound to London. The Henriette, Domansky, bound to Jersey, has pat back to Dantic, having pumped up part of her cargo, and must discharge. The Frances Margaret, Foulseh, from Scotland, was assisted Franc; after being on shore, and discharging, hound to Hamburg. CIRCASSIAN MANNERS.—GeneraI Zass is one of the wardens of the line of posts between the Caspian and the Black Sea, and has earned an unenviable notoriety for the cruelty of his re prisals on the Circassian;. There was a young Circassian, named A hawk, in that part of the country subject to Russia, whose bravery and intelli gence rendered him an object of suspicion to General Zass. It was be lieved that he took an active part in the enterprises directed against the Russians; but there were no proofs of his treason, and General 'gas§ knew not how to get rid of so dangerous a friend. One day Ahmek came to the General's quarters, and after many protestations of topic,' and attachment to those whom he called his protectors, he asked if Zug , would aid him in a dangerous enterprise lie was about to attempt. " I wish," said be, " to marry old Bislenicff's daughter, but he sets too high a price upon her; I cannot raise the purchase money, and he will not abate a farthing. lam resolved to run away with her, and I hope you will give use your assistance." The General resisted for some time. but at length feigning assent, he asked, " \Vhcn do you wish to make the attempt ?"—" To morrow."—" I could not do it to.morrow," said Zan; " but as no one has seen you come into the house, stay until night, and I wi I get a small troop ready; you must, however, keep the matter a. profound secret, for I would not wish your countrymen to know that if meddle with their affairs." Almek assented with gratitude. Za•-lei under pretence of making arrapgements, sent oft' a Cossack to betray the whole matter to Bislenieff: In the evening, Ahraek departed (tilt of hope; when he approached the house, he desired the Cossacks to halt, while he advanced to reconnoitre ; but he fell, as was designed, into the ambush prepared for him by the father and relatives of his fair one, and, of course, was ruthlessly massacred.—Russian expedition agenst Circasaians. A letter from Fribourg, in Switzerland, states that few days since all the surrounding population repaired to Corbieres. to witness the opening and proving of the strength of the new suspenska bridge. At twelve o'clock the principal authorities and engineers be ngg, present, a train 0(20 carts laden with gravel, was trade to cross Una bridge, whiei bent but very slightly under the weight. The some train of carts was again d •awn upon the bridge, and kept stationary, and to this weight was added that of a great number of the spectators, when instantly a loud crash was heard, and the bridge swung violently, in con sequence of the two cylinders, over which the chains passed, and which rested on the two pyramids, on the Corbieres side of the river having given way, and broken into a thousand pieces. The terror and consul nation were universal, but fortunately no person was ir.jurett ; and the accident, which in no degree aff. - cts the question of the solidity of tine, bridge, will require only a short time to be repaired. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM 1? AILWAY.—On Thursday workmen were employed in cletring the whole of the wuode•t pallisades and temporary workships which had enclosed the space front ing the grand entrance of the London and Birmingh:,m Railway at Eus ton-square. A number of workmen have commenced digging the boon eations for two immcnr. , betels, fronting the entrance. These hote l* will form a crescent, and each hotel will comprise 130 beds. CROSBY-HALL WINE ESTABLiSHAiLINT, 35. Riihopsgate-strect-within.—CURRALL and SON beg to in vi . e public notice to their stock of Old Bottled aril Dmight 'click Crusted Ports are of superior quality and flavour, being: shipped by houses of high reputation at Oporto, and bottled vci ll ' sedulous attenti q n. Th e i r S herries also, with (very other descr . e•• ton of White Wi nes, are of equal charaner ; and in Waugh; Wines the sarre attention has been paid to quality. Curran and Son, being desirous to secure t h at patronage which articles of th° first quality, at fair and remunerating profits, will maintain, rc" ,pectfully submit the annexed list of cash prices :-- PE It noz ena vox Post, fr tI7 "-- Rota Tent 7 4 .„ trom the wood 28 s to 3:llFtnta Tent Di - to, three years in bottle... 36s Cape Wines l6s to r ... 04 Di:to, o'der,ri T h, and super i or 42s Malden f .:t" Ditto, vet y old, in wood and French and net:in Wines. bottle S':erry, exe'allent (linne: wine 2Ssll'ink ditto ditto Superior Shmies 36s:Pink creaming Char.pagne .. 7.2 ‘ S! erry, very fine, pate, and !White ditto ditto brown 42s to 46s Clar e t 6os to 63s 33S Ditto, very delica! e, and ex. IDitto, in pints tr...mely pale. Ditto, old I rows, ( rare quality) 52s Sauterne Madeira 3Ss Hock Madeira (by way (~f Calcu ta), 1 Wines per Callol 4 l. Bs (0 "a fiat quality 63s to Gfis Port Ditto, in lint. 33s Sherry l3s to 1: 6 Burellas (fine t quality) Lisbon and Moon! :lin Vidonia (utd) Marsala 133; tlos, 3s. ver doz. n ; hampers, Is. per dozen. LADIES' GrOLD WATCI-1E6.-7 A variety of excellent and carefully fi n i s h e d Ladies ' Seconcl-0"" Gold 11 . m -flies, man-y . 6f them in accordance with the htest taste. with Gold Dials, Jewelle44c., are offered for s,,lecAion, price from „, Six to Eight G u i neas eac h , at. T. COX SAVORY'S, Wee', maker, Gold and Silversmith, 47, Cornbill London (Seven Door. from Gracechurch-street ). N.B.—Second-hand Watches nurchmed in exchange. _ -- B IRTHS. At Cadogan-place, on the Ist ivst., :ady of Wm. M. Brid ger, Esq., of a son. Or. the 2d inst., at Deptford, Mrs. Alfred Day's, of a dauT a nteri On the 2d in s t., i n S t Andre 'Ws-place, Regent's-park, .. he . la t l of J. B. Maude, Esq., of a daughter. On the 2d inst., at Oaken.l House, Bucks, the la ly of W- Northey, Esq , of a scm. On the at inst., at Burton-ercseent, the lady of W. Harmart Esq., of v. son. On the 3d inst., in Manehester-squalv, the !a ly of H. Fearer' Esq., of a daughter. On the 3d inst., Mrs. Edward Willoughby, of Lawmst. r-place, of a daughter. On the 3d inst., Mrs. J. Baily, Woburn-square, of a daughter._ A 1 IE D , At Bath, on th e 31 st of Jul .4 R y, Carleton Crawford, Esq., ia`e °f the 32d Regiment, to Christiana Morgan, younges'. daughter of 3. Morgan, Esq. ' of the isla n d o f St. Vincunt, and of the Circus, 13 , ° , 11. On the 25th at the Collegiat e Ch urc h , M anc h ester , ibai— , William Warde, of the Hon. East India Company's service, to " therine, thi r d d aug ht er o f t h e l ate Edward Hawkins, Esq., of Cour Herbert, Glamorganshire. hires On the 2d inst., a t Ki ngs t on - upon - Th ames , Captz!n nich irtit Duckworth Du nn , 2 I Dragoon Guards, tr. Isabella Pallmer, fot daughter of th e lat e J ames Hewitt Massy Dawson, E N ., of coute, Tipperary. On the 2d inst., at Marylebone Church the Rev. Herbert Kyasten, M.A. (Student of Ch. Ch., High ' Master of St. Pa u l School, and Perpetual Curate of St. llotolph's, .Aldgatc), s ee n n „ - • son of Roger Kynaston, Esq., to Elizabeth Selina, second datlgi" .l of Hugh Kennedy, Esq., of Cultra, county Down, Ireland. - DIED On the Ist inst., at his house in Clitro:•.l-street, William Sove rye Esq., of Putteridge Bury, Hefts, aged Q. A On the 3i st July, in the Isle of Ewan Robert Law, r .. 19, late of her Majesty's ship, " Serin gapatatn, " secon d so n of ham John Law, Esq. On the 29. h ult., Gu s t avus B r i dges, eldest son of Gustavus Evl-o_9. mont Es.q.. h of HeadleEpsom, Grove, near —1.$ 011 ), aged seven years an d few On the Ist inst., aged 39, Harriet, wife of G. C. Carperte r ' °f Ford Cottage, Northmr.berland, Esq. On the Ist in at Morley, Norfolk, aged 3i, Emily Yary Swin fen Cooper, wife of the Rev. Lovick - Cooper, of En.plogi a Rutlandshire. - On the 2d inst., in James's-street, Iluokingliwn Palace, th e Rel. Alenn ler Stetk, aped 71. of the St ran d . On the 2d inst.,.' Emma, sec on d d aug ht e r o f H. Hoblvert , Esq On the 3d inst.., Anna Bella, wife aF. Gore, EA., late G ve:. nor of Upper Canada. o tir LOOC 011 Prill tett CIA Published by MURDO YOUNG, ofll 2, Stru;lo4 4t The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the counts l'ictitt,4llezex.—Monday, August 6, 1838. : S '' {~~ THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 1838